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Poster:	bkidwell	Date:	July 27, 2011 02:35:53pm
Forum:	GratefulDead	Subject:	Re: Other One- A Study in Contrast

This is a great post, I think "The Other One" deserves just as much in-depth exploration as Dark Star, and the central riff and its elaborations and evolutions might be the most primal and pervasive theme in their musical language.

This is a good selection of performances and the notes on the inner dynamics of the music illustrate how diverse the musical spaces that could be reached within the frame of the song are.

One "Other One" evening I think is very significant is the 11/14/73 performance which is another of the intricate late 73 sets I love so much -

Truckin -> Other One -> Big River -> Other One -> Eyes of the World -> Other One -> Wharf Rat

For whatever reason, that set has never seemed to get as much love as other late 73 masterpieces, and for me that set is in the top 10 for jam/continuity/structure, along with really good moment to moment virtuosity as well.

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Poster:	jerlouvis	Date:	July 27, 2011 10:45:25pm
Forum:	GratefulDead	Subject:	Re: Other One- A Study in Contrast

I'll have to admit bkidwell,I had to go to my notes to jog my memory of this show.As it turns out it was a well played show.The second set featured some fine music,not being a big Truckin' fan it got interesting for me with the O1,the first 15 minute segment included some jazzy,spacey and meltdown passages into a hot version of Big River back into the O1 for my favorite 6 minutes of the set,some real tight,everybody is on it ensemble playing -> a nice version of Eyes,highlighted by a sweet jam after the 2nd verse,the Eyes segues into a the end jam and 2nd verse of O1-> well sung Wharf Rat,Jer belts the got up and wandered verse.The rest of the set has a throw away Me+My,a regular Goin' Down and Saturday night encore.
I find conversation concerning Dark Star,Playin',and the Other One to be endlessly interesting,throw in Eyes,Bird Song,Let It Grow and a few selected versions of Here Comes Sunshine and I'm good to go.